TOWSON, Md. –Former Towson University women's basketball player
Nukiya Mayo has signed to play professional basketball with PAOK Thessaloniki for the upcoming season.
Mayo graduated this past May after an extremely successful career at TU. She holds several spots in the record books for women's hoops and in 2019 led the Tigers to their first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship.
The 2019 CAA Championship Most Outstanding Player scored 1,372 career points in the Black and Gold.
"I am so excited to be joining PAOK this season," Mayo said. "I would like to thank the president Athanasios Katsaris, the curator, Vassilis Angelidis, and the technical team, for giving me this opportunity and having faith in my abilities. I wish that the team stays healthy so that we may reach the goals we will set. I am so grateful for this opportunity; I am going to give 100 percent in everything that I do so that the team makes it as far as possible. I am so grateful for their belief in me and what they see that I can bring to their team. I know that this is a new chapter in my life and I'm excited to see where it leads!"
PAOK Thessaloniki plays in Euro Basket and finished seventh in the A1 Greece Standings this past season with an 8-12 record. They won the Greek Cup Semifinals in 2016 and were the regular season runner-up in the 2018-19 campaign.
Towson head coach
Diane Richardson expressed her gratitude for Mayo's time and efforts at Towson and how excited she is to see her continue playing.
"Nukiya always wanted to be a pro and she worked very hard to accomplish that goal," Richardson said. "I am so very proud of her incredible opportunity to play professionally, and in such a beautiful place such as Greece."
Mayo is the only former Tiger set to play professionally in the upcoming season. Two other alumna, Tanisha McTiller and
Dominique Johnson, have both retired from playing overseas.
On the PAOK Thessaloniki roster are a handful of players from the United States who played college hoops. Mayo will be playing alongside Brittany Lewis from Temple, Maggie Mulligan from UMass, Imani Watkins from Binghamton, Channon Fluker from Cal. State University Northridge and Alexyz Vaioletama from USC.
